Thursday, April 26, 2018

Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss II has a lot of amazingly useful content - for amateurs, professionals, and GMs who want to improve their craft - which I'm sure reviewers will point out when they get the chance.

Below is a video of me flipping through the full-color (though, some interior illustrations are black and white) softcover book. I was extremely impressed with Glynn "MonkeyBlood Design" Seal's layout and CreateSpace's print-on-demand quality...

If you purchase the softcover, ask me for the gigantic, color map of the Ta'andor galaxy!

Sunday, April 22, 2018

I've talked about the sexy, sleazy, late-night, cult classic movies from the 70's and 80's that inspired a lot of the Alpha Blue action we've come to know and love.

I've also mentioned old school RPGs that had their share of inspiration, like WEG Star Wars, Encounter Critical, Paranoia, and maybe even Toon and Tales from the Floating Vagabond (even though my only exposure to that game was advertisements in Dragon Magazine).

But re-reading the WTF D&D!? section over at Something Awful, I realized the cheesy, silly, inappropriate, Star Wars ripoff, and terrible on purpose actual play reports (pretty sure these aren't actual play reports) most likely influenced me and had an impact on the creation of Alpha Blue - possibly Kort'thalis Publishing's most successful RPG line.

Here is part 1 and this is part 2. Drink in their delicious stupidity, laugh your ass off (as I did, but not everyone is going to find them funny), and become wiser in the knowledge that another piece of the Alpha Blue origin puzzle has been completed!

VS

p.s. Battle Star: Trek Wars is available right now over at DriveThruRPG. It's 70+ pages of sleazy sci-fi awesomeness!

Monday, April 16, 2018

Glynn Seal of MonkeyBlood Design did an awesome job with the layout. It's not just pretty, though - I think you're going to find this book useful, fun, and the perfect resource for that Alpha Blue campaign you've been fantasizing about. ;)

Thanks to everyone who contributed content, supported this project, backed it on Kickstarter, and goes out and buys it.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

I've been working on a new project that's only tangentially related to RPGs. The following is a short poll. I hope you take the time to answer it. Thanks!

1.If there were a social networking site specifically devoted to causes (anything that someone's passionate about and wants to see action taken or enact change themselves), would you be interested in joining and sharing it with others?

2.Once it's up and running, do you think such a community may become one of your preferred social networking sites?

3. If you were using this website, what feature(s) would you be most interested in using or having available?